Post-grunge

Post-grunge emerged in the early 1990s as a genre characterized by its heavy guitar riffs, driving rhythms, and introspective, emotionally charged vocals. Born from the ashes of grunge's sonic revolution, post-grunge absorbed its predecessor's raw energy while incorporating a more polished, radio-friendly sound. The genre's heyday spanned the mid-to-late 1990s and early 2000s, with many bands achieving mainstream success through anthemic choruses and guitar-driven hooks. Post-grunge's cultural significance lies in its resonance with a generation disillusioned with mainstream culture, as its themes of alienation, angst, and social disillusionment spoke to a broader audience. With its blend of alternative, hard rock, and punk influences, post-grunge carved a distinct niche, distinguishing itself from its grunge roots through a greater emphasis on melody and production sheen.

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12 Stones
Adelitas Way
Alison Darwin
Alisxn Gray
Andy Christ
BRKN LOVE
Bad Friends
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Blacklist Union
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Block of Flats
Blood Orchid
Blue October
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Bruzer
Buckcherry
Bullets And Octane
Cancel The Transmission
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Clay Street Unit
Counting Crows
Damn Low
Daughtry
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David Bendeth
Dead Eyes
Deadlands
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Dreadlight
Dyrect
ESELISHA
Eternal Raijin
Face The Silence
Fillipian
Fury In The Slaughterhouse
Ghostshaft
Green Day
Greta
Haast Hunter
Haddon
Halestorm
Hollywood Undead
Howl Like Wolves
Imago
In This Moment
InMe
J Temp 13
JP Hill- Bus Stop Prophet
Kane
Kyle Nicolaides
Letdown.
Linkin Park
Lordnox
Lost in Hollywood
MESSER
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Matt Wallace
Mick Blankenship
Mientras Tanto
Molehead
Moon Shot
NG
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Of Mice & Men
Opał
Paham
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Points of Conception
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REDSIX
REVERSE
Rakkere
Rev Theory
Rocky Road Heaven
SKAMM
Saint Rock
Sam Donald
Say Now
Seethe
Slanks
Small Shake
Spider Rockets
Spin Doctors
Superheaven
Swollen Teeth
The Almas
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The Lonely Ones
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The Steel Crows
The Veer Union
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UNTIL DAWN
XTINA GG
Ziggy Sullivin
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Green Day
Nickelback
Evanescence
Foo Fighters
The Offspring
Pearl Jam
Limp Bizkit
Korn
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Creed
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TOOL
3 Doors Down
Incubus
Shinedown
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Breaking Benjamin
Seether
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Matchbox Twenty
Thirty Seconds To Mars
Rob Zombie
Jimmy Eat World
Audioslave
Stone Temple Pilots
Hoobastank
Counting Crows
Hollywood Undead
Smash Mouth
Godsmack
Staind
Nine Inch Nails
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Good Charlotte
Chevelle
Lifehouse
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Drowning Pool
Superheaven
Eddie Vedder
Yellowcard
Rob Thomas
Stone Sour
Sugar Ray
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
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Escape the Fate
Third Eye Blind
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Hootie & The Blowfish
Flyleaf
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Trivium
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Crossfade
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Of Mice & Men
Live
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Smash Into Pieces
Spin Doctors
Blues Traveler
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All That Remains
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Opał
Silverchair
Semisonic
Trapt
Buckcherry
Sadturs
10 Years
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Marcy Playground
Chad Kroeger
Kane
My Darkest Days
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Adelitas Way
New Medicine
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